Camp Tanzania

Wildlife even on R & R Days

Mount Meru

This is close, I don't have a zoom lens

Safari at Tarangirie National Park

Visit to a Masi Boma

I have made it back safely from Africa and here are a few pictures to keep you going and there are some more here

I flew out on 19th July with 32 team members to Northern Tanzania.

Week 1 was spent at Ndarakai Camp near the Kenya Border where we were based on a large ranch. Activites range from wildlife census work to making paper from Elephant Dung. Work at the local school was eithwe teaching or digging a fishpon and the week was brought to an end by a three day Safari where we saw 4 of the big 5 but sadly spotting a Leopard was not to be.

Week 2 was spent in Moshi where we were again working at a local school building a new roof for their dining hall and also general landscaping work around the site. This was hard work and very dusty. We did however manage to build 11 rafters and did some foundations.

Week 3 started with a trip to Mount Meru 4566m (or 4562m as both are the claimed heights) where escorted by and armed ranger we started on the mountain. Unfortunately a large number of the team suffered from illness and injury long before we reached the summit but those that made it thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We continued on to Meru Camp where we mixed with the community and worked on their school and washed our clothes in the river alongside them.

Week 4 saw us spend a few more days at Meru Camp worming cows, sheep and goats before we headed back to Moshi for one day to go into town and get souvenirs and drink coffee and the Kilimanjaro Coffee lounge. After a 10 hour coach journey we arrived at Kipepeo Beach Resort near Dar Es Salaam and spent 2 days relaxing in the sun (apart form the 3 hours of rain one day before the long flight home.

Everyone had a great time and learnt alot. For more info on how you can do something similar see www.campsinterntaional.com